Section 14Part 3 — INVESTIGATION OF STALKING COMPLAINTS AND CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS
Prohibition against publication of information
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In any proceedings under this Law and having regard to the interests of any person and to the public interest, the court may make an order —
prohibiting the publication of any report or account of the whole or any part of —
the evidence adduced; or
the submissions made;
prohibiting the publication of —
the name of any person, or any name or particulars likely to lead to the identification of that person; or
the affairs of any person; or
excluding all or any persons other than the parties to the proceedings, attorneys-at-law involved in the proceedings and any officer of the court, from the whole or any part of the proceedings.
The court may make an order under this section on its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings.
An application to the court for an order under this section may be heard in open court or in chambers.
An order made under subsection (1)(a) or (b) —
may be made for a limited period or permanently;
may be renewed for a further period by the court; and
may be reviewed by the court at anytime.
Nothing in this section limits or restricts any other power of the court—
to prohibit or restrict the publication of reports or particulars relating to the proceedings; or
to hear proceedings in private or to exclude any person from the court.
Where a witness in proceedings under this Law is a child, the court may direct that no person, other than the witness and his parent or guardian or a person in loco parentis may be present at the proceedings, unless that other person’s presence is authorised by the court.
A person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of six months or both.